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In this episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss the popularity of Hallmark Christmas movies.
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Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:
The Hallmark Christmas movie is a bona fide super-genre. Niki referred to this New Yorker article about how the form took over cable television, and Natalia drew on this piece at The Lily about the tradition of hate-watching the films.
In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History:
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